Screening method for controlling agranulocytosis

摘要

A screening method for detecting the vulnerability of patients on clozapine therapy to developing agranulocytosis which comprises establishing the concentration of N-desmethylclozapine in the blood or bone marrow of said patient. In addition, a method of determining patient sensitivity to N-desmethylclozapine is provided which comprises collecting heparinized blood and assaying it for stem cell sensitivity to N-desmethylclozapine.